What might have caused the rabbit population shown in the graph below to increase less in the third year than in the previous two years?
A graph with Years on the x-axis from 0 to 3 and Rabbits on the y-axis from 0 to 400, by hundreds. The line begins at 50, increases to near 150 at 1 year, increases to 250 at 2 years, ends at almost 300 at 3 years.
a.
an unusually cold winter the year before
b.
normal weather conditions
c.
habitat loss through urban sprawl
d.
habitat gain through urban sprawl

ANSWER is c